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Friday, October 16, 2009

The most iconic moment in Malaysian history - Tunku Abdul Rahman proclaiming Malaya independence from British rule on 31st August, 1957 at the Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur...

Well... i received this via email.

It is difficult to verify wether it was indeed Tunku Abdul Rahman's great grand daughter who wrote this.. anyway to me, this writing is good for unity in a multi racial country like Malaysia.

For those who do not have any idea who Tunku Abdul Rahman is, well Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia (at that time known as Malaya), after gaining independence from British on the 31st August 1957.

The late Tunku Abdul Rahman was also known as Bapa Kemerdekaan (the Father of Independence)...

"Both my parents are Malay. My mum's heritage includes Chinese, Thaiand Arab, while my dad is Minangkabau. Due to my skin colour, I amoften mistaken for a chinese.

I'm happy that I don't have the typical Malay look but I do getannoyed when people call me Ah Moi or ask me straight up "Are youChinese or Malay"

Like, why does it matter? Before I used to answer "Malay" but now I'mtrying to consciously answer Malaysian instead.

There's this incident from primary school that I remember till today.Someone told me that I will be called last during Judgement Daybecause I don't have a Muslim name. Of course, I was scared then butnow that I'm older, I realise that a name is just a name. It doesn'tdefine you as a good or bad person and there is definitely no suchthing as a Muslim name. You can be named Rashid or ALI and still be aChristian.

I've heard of the 1Malaysia concept, but I think we don't need to betold to be united. We've come such a long way that it should alreadybe embedded in our hearts and minds that we are united. Unfortunately,you can still see racial discrimination and polarisation. There isstill this ethno-centric view that the Malays are the dominant groupand their rights must be protected, and non Malays are forever theoutsiders.

For the concept to succeed, I think the government should stop withthe race politics. It's tiring, really. We grew up with applicationforms asking us to tick our race. We should stop painting a negativeimage of the other races, stop thinking about 'us' and 'them' andfocus on 'we', 'our' and 'Malaysians' .

No one should be made uncomfortable in their own home. A dear Chinesefriend of mine said to me once, "I don't feel patriotic because I amnot made to feel like Malaysia is my home, and I don't feel anaffinity to China because I have never lived there.

I know some baby Nyonya friends who can trace their lineage backhundreds of years. I'm a fourth generation Malaysian. If I amBumiputra, why can't they be, too? Clearly I have issues with theterm.

I think the main reason why we still can't achieve total unity isbecause of this 'Malay rights' concept. I'd rather 'Malay rights' bereplaced by human rights. So unless we get rid of this Bumiputrastatus, or reform our views and policies on rights, we will neverachieve unity.

For my merdeka wish, I'd like for Malaysians to have more voice, tobe respected and heard. I wish that the government would uphold thetrue essence of parliamentary democracy. I wish for the people to nolonger fear and discriminate against each other, to see that we areone and the same.

I wish that Malaysia would truly live up to the tourism spin ofMalaysia truly Asia . Malaysians to lead - whatever their ethnicbackground. Only ONE NATIONALITY -MALAYSIAN. No Malays, No Chinese,No Indians - ONLY MALAYSIANS.

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